Maintenance Manager

SCINERGY Recruitment Limited; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus up to 20%

Private medical and dental cover

Company pension scheme

Training and professional development

Lead maintenance at large EFW facility

Job summary

SCINERGY Recruitment Limited is seeking a Maintenance Manager for one of the UK’s largest Energy from Waste facilities near Sittingbourne, Kent. You will lead the site maintenance department, own the maintenance strategy and oversee major outages to maximise reliability and performance.

The role requires a strong engineering background, proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams, and experience with CMMS, CDM regulations and budgets.

Qualifications

• A HND/HNC level qualification in an engineering discipline, ideally Mechanical Engineering or Power Generation
• Extensive maintenance-management experience gained within power generation, EFW, biomass, paper production, site utilities etc
• A strong track record of leading and developing multidisciplinary maintenance teams
• Detailed knowledge of maintenance strategy, reliability-centred maintenance and asset-management principles
• Proven experience planning and delivering major plant outages and shutdowns
• Experience managing significant maintenance budgets, contracts and specialist suppliers
• A strong understanding of CDM Regulations, contractor management and statutory compliance
• Experience using CMMS and maintenance-management systems
• Strong leadership, communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills
• A proactive and safety-focused approach, with the ability to remain effective under pressure

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a multidisciplinary team of Engineers and Technicians
• Ensuring plant assets are safely and effectively maintained to maximise reliability, availability and performance
• Developing preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance programmes
• Leading the planning and execution of major plant outages and shutdowns
• Providing technical leadership and supporting the resolution of complex plant issues
• Managing maintenance budgets, resources, contracts and critical service agreements
• Overseeing the preparation, scheduling and completion of maintenance work orders
• Managing contractors and ensuring work is delivered in accordance with CDM Regulations and site procedures
• Developing maintenance standards, procedures and asset-management strategies
• Driving reliability improvements and continuous-improvement initiatives
• Ensuring compliance with statutory, environmental, health, safety and quality requirements
• Working closely with operations and senior management to support wider site performance

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Outage planning

Preventive maintenance

CMMS

CDM Regulations

Budget management

Asset management

Reliability engineering

Education

HND/HNC in engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Maintenance Manager - Energy from Waste Power Station

Competitive salary + bonus + benefits

Sittingbourne, Kent

SCINERGY Recruitment are recruiting for a Maintenance Manager to join one of the UK's largest Energy from Waste facilities in Kent.

Generating in excess of 70MW and processing more than 650,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste annually, this is a large and technically complex power station requiring the highest standards of maintenance, reliability and asset performance.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will lead the site maintenance department and take responsibility for the maintenance strategy, plant reliability, major outages, budgets and continuous improvement across the facility.

The role will involve:

• Leading and developing a multidisciplinary team of Engineers and Technicians
• Ensuring plant assets are safely and effectively maintained to maximise reliability, availability and performance
• Developing preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance programmes
• Leading the planning and execution of major plant outages and shutdowns
• Providing technical leadership and supporting the resolution of complex plant issues
• Managing maintenance budgets, resources, contracts and critical service agreements
• Overseeing the preparation, scheduling and completion of maintenance work orders
• Managing contractors and ensuring work is delivered in accordance with CDM Regulations and site procedures
• Developing maintenance standards, procedures and asset‑management strategies
• Driving reliability improvements and continuous‑improvement initiatives
• Ensuring compliance with statutory, environmental, health, safety and quality requirements
• Working closely with operations and senior management to support wider site performance

To be considered for this role, you should have:

• A HND/HNC level qualification in an engineering discipline, ideally Mechanical Engineering or Power Generation
• Extensive maintenance‑management experience gained within power generation, EFW, biomass, paper production, site utilities etc
• A strong track record of leading and developing multidisciplinary maintenance teams
• Detailed knowledge of maintenance strategy, reliability‑centred maintenance and asset‑management principles
• Proven experience planning and delivering major plant outages and shutdowns
• Experience managing significant maintenance budgets, contracts and specialist suppliers
• A strong understanding of CDM Regulations, contractor management and statutory compliance
• Experience using CMMS and maintenance‑management systems
• Strong leadership, communication, decision‑making and problem‑solving skills
• A proactive and safety‑focused approach, with the ability to remain effective under pressure

What's on offer:

• Competitive salary
• Performance‑related bonus up to 20%
• Private medical and dental cover
• Company pension scheme
• Training and professional development opportunities
• The opportunity to lead maintenance at one of the UK's largest Energy from Waste facilities